Adam- 11 Months

Dear Adam,

You are 11 months!  Where has the time gone?  I cannot believe that in one month you will be 1!  You are growing up too fast darn it.  This month has been incredible as far as your learning goes.  It is so exciting to watch you grow into a sweet, albeit demanding little boy and to see your personality blossom.  Here is what you have been up to this month:

You're still wearing size 12-18 month clothes, size 4 diapers and size 4 shoes.  We can tell you're getting taller because you're reaching new things and we're quickly finding out that we need to re-baby proof the house.

You're babbling a lot more these days.  Words you say that we can clearly understand are:  na na na (no), tac to (tractor), ity (kitty, though he also calls our dog ity), mama, and dada.  You love to point to everything that you want now, and usually you want everything.  If  we take something away from you, you get mad and cry or yell and your face turns red.  You pick up the tv remote and point it at the tv while pushing buttons, so you obviously have figured out what that is for.  You also pick up any phone you see and hold it up to the side/back of your head to talk on it. 

You usually don't walk anywhere anymore, you run everywhere.  You're pretty much a pro at walking now and hardly ever crawl.  You loved to be chased and giggle as you run away.

You eat everything and are always hungry for more!  I'm so glad that you aren't picky, but I know that we will probably discover that sooner than we want. 

At the beginning of this month, we dropped two bottles and are down to just one. We went cold turkey and just stopped giving it to you and gave you a full sippy cup of whole milk with breakfast, lunch and dinner.  You get one 7 oz bottle right before bed and I have a feeling that one is going to be hard to give up.

You also had your worst cold this month.  You had a fever of 103 for three nights in a row, and we all got very little sleep.  You had an ear infection, could hardly keep anything down and were getting teeth at the same time.  The ONLY thing Mommy was ok with during this was the fact that you wanted to cuddle all day/night.

Just today, I noticed you have one tooth on top poking through and another just about to poke through, that marks # 5 & 6.

You are such an amazing little boy and you love to give hugs now.  You're starting to pick up on giving kisses and you try to give the puppy and kitty kisses.  I cannot wait to see what this next month brings until your 1st birthday!  I love being your mommy and would not change a thing!

I love you!
Mama